Zenos Frudakis, Sculptor

National Academician
Fellow, National Sculpture Society

website: www.zenosfrudakis.com
email: RoFrudakis@aol.com

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25 Selected Bronze Sports Sculptures
(7, 8 and 10-ft high)

Selected Completed Commissions:

• Sandy Tatum and two children for First Tee of San Francisco, Harding Park

• Coach Ron Fraser, University of Miami, FL—known as “The Wizard of Baseball”, 7-ft high

• Coach Jake Rudolph, Memphis University School, Memphis, TN

• Coach “Lake” Staffieri, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

• Coach Fritz Brennan, Lower Merion High School, Lower Merion, PA    

• Phillies Greats, each 10-ft high, Citizens Bank Park, PA

  • Mike Schmidt

  • Carlton

  • Richie Ashburn

  • Robin Roberts

• James J. Braddock, “Cinderella Man”, North Bergen, NJ, 10-ft high, bronze

• Richard Tufts and Robert Dedman, Pinehurst, NC, life size figures/portraits

• Payne Stewart

  • Pinehurst Resort, NC

  • Coyote Hills, Fullerton, CA

• Jack Nicklaus, US Golf Association Museum, dedicated May, 2015

• Jack Nicklaus and Dwight Gahm, Valhalla, KY

• Arnold Palmer and Bob Jones, Augusta, GA, Golf Hall of Fame, 7-ft high

• Arnold Palmer—3 casts, 7-ft high

  • Latrobe Airport, PA

  • Laurel Valley Golf Course, PA

  • Tralee, Ireland

• Bob Jones, Distinguished Sportsman Award, United States Golf Association, 18-inches high

• Joe DiMaggio and Child, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, FL, monumental

• Dinah Shore, Mission Hills Country Club & Resort, Rancho Mirage, CA

• Bob Jones, Distinguished Sportsman Award and Arnold Palmer Philanthropy Award, U.S. Golf Association Museum

• Danny Murtaugh, Boston Braves, 1947, Chadds Ford, PA

• Coach Fritz Brennan, Lower Merion, PA

11 Selected Colleges, Universities, Private Schools

2020 - Work in progress: 

• University of Texas, Dallas—Over-life size bronze figure sculpture
  
  
  
  

Selected Completed Commissions:

• Sandy Tatum and Two Children for First Tee of San Francisco, Harding Park

• University of New South Wales, Australia, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, winner, international competition for site specific work, Peace Garden

• Rowan University, NJ, Henry Rowan, philanthropist, 7-ft high bronze figure sculpture with portrait

• Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, Knowledge Is Power, 8-ft high, 15-ft long, over 30 portraits from intellectual history, two 8-ft high figures free standing. 31 portraits from intellectual history include: Harriet Tubman, Dr. King, Rachel Carson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Darwin, Einstein, Alan Turing, John Muir, Thoreau

• University of Texas SouthWestern, Dr. Donald Seldin, “The Intellectual Father of University of Texas SW”

• Emory University, Georgia, Sanford Atwood, President and Henry S. Bowden, Chairman of the Board

• University of Pennsylvania, Coach Lake, Franklin Field, life size

• Temple University Medical School, Dr. Stone, life-size bronze bust of underwriting donor

• Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida, Dr. Jess Moody, Founder/President, figure/portrait

• Campbell School of Law, Raleigh, NC, Dr. Norman Adrian Wiggins

• Drexel University, oil on canvas painting of Anthony and Antoinette Caneris

• St. Marks School, Dallas, Texas, Two Students        

37 Selected Monumental Sculptures

• Freedom—20-ft long x 8-ft high, bronze. Internationally recognized four-figure composition featured in many Top 10 Sculptures in the World lists including Architectural Digest (US, Europe, Middle East) and The Independent (UK)

• National Service Memorial—United States Air Force Honor Guard Sculptures, first cast located at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.  Total height: 16-ft, bronze

• With Jim Freed, architect, IM Pei.

Four Additional Full Casts:

• Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal, VA

• Alliance Airport, Dallas, TX

• Air Force Academy, Colorado; Alliance Airport, Dallas, TX

• British Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England dedicated by HRH Prince Philip

37 Selected Monumental Sculptures (continued)

• Knowledge Is Power, 8-ft high, 1-ft long, over 30 portraits from intellectual history, two 8-ft high figures free-standing. 31 portraits from intellectual history include: Harriet Tubman, Dr. King, Rachel Carson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Darwin, Einstein, Alan Turing, John Muir, Thoreau, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

• Reaching, Utsukushi-ga-hara Open Air Museum, Japan; first cast: Indianapolis Capital Center, Developers: Browning Investments. Winner of a national competition between 155 sculptors for site specific work.

• Chef Jacques Pepin, over-life size, Yellow House Farm Educational Center, Stonington, CT

• Clarence Darrow, 7-ft high, Rhea County Court House, Dayton, Tennessee

• Frederick Law Olmsted, North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, NC.  8-ft high, bronze

• Nina Simone, Tryon, NC, 7-ft high, bronze figure seated at piano in center plaza

• Dame Lois Browne-Evans, first female Bermudan Justice, new Justice Center, Hamilton, Bermuda. Winner of international competition for site specific work

• Justice Birch, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Tennessee, Nashville, TN

• Dr. Solomon Wallace, Masonic Leader, New York City, NY

• Ethel, created for Women’s Prison, Wilmington, Delaware, for Franciscan Brothers of Wilmington. Ethel was 97 years old at the time she posed for this sculpture. She went to the prison daily to pray with the inmates. The Brothers wished to ensure her presence for the women prisoners beyond her lifetime, as daily prayer with had great meaning for the inmates.

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., City of Chester, PA, 4-ft high bust of Dr. King for Peace Park

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. U.S. Embassy, Pretoria, with grant from National Endowment for the Arts and funding support from United States Information Agency for travel in Africa. This sculpture was smuggled into South Africa by Zenos as a political act for which he could have been imprisoned. Installed clandestinely at the US Embassy in Pretoria as a statement against apartheid, this event made international front page news

• Samuel L. Evans, Founder, AFNA

• Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode

• The Honorable K. Leroy Irvis, former Speaker of the House of Representatives for Pennsylvania

• Joseph E. Coleman, President, Philadelphia City Council, PA

• Dream to Fly, Cherry Hill, NJ, Rouse & Associates. Three bronze 7-ft figures in fountain, 21-ft total height

• The Workers’ Memorial, 8-ft high bronze figure sculpture in cor-ten steel circle, Bethlehem, PA

• Molly Maguires Memorial Sculpture, Molly Maguire Historical Park, Mahanoy City, PA

• Pennsylvania Anthracite Miners’ Memorial, Shenandoah, PA, over-life size bronzes

• Paradigm Shift, 18-ft high bronze sculpture in office park, Fort Washington, PA

• Ellis Arnall, former Governor of Georgia, Capitol Building, 7-ft high, Atlanta, GA

• Frank L. Rizzo, former Philadelphia Mayor, 10-ft high, near City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

• Reaching, Indianapolis Capital Center, Developers: Browning Investments. Winner of a national competition between 155 sculptors for site specific work.

• Dream to Fly, Cherry Hill, N.J., Rouse & Associates. Three bronze figures in fountain, 21-ft total height

• John D. MacArthur, 8-ft high bronze figure Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

• Elephant Fountain, “Petal”, life size elephant and 10 year old boy, Burlington Mall, moved to Burlington Township, NJ, 2019

• Paradigm Shift, 18-ft high bronze sculpture in office park, Fort Washington, PA

• Senator Robert Roe and George Newman, businessman, Secaucus Transportation Center, NJ

• Richardson Dilworth, former Mayor, Philadelphia Int’l Airport, PA, 5-ft x 4-ft, bas-relief  

12 Selected Private Collections

• Old Parkland, Dallas, Texas - sculptures of Alexis deToqueville, 8-ft high;  Ben Franklin, 7 ft high

• Private Client:  Father and Son, 8 ft high figures; two over-life bronzes; Multiple bronze busts of historical subjects

• Private Client:  Multiple bronze sculptures from life size busts to over-life size figures

• Don McLean, singer/songwriter, sculpted from life

• The Lotos Club, New York City, Mark Twain  

• US Embassy, Pretoria, South Africa, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with grant from National Endowment for the Arts and funding support from United States Information Agency for travel in Africa

• MacArthur Memorial Foundation, General Douglas MacArthur

• The Pentagon, General Douglas MacArthur

• Virginia Military Institute, Marshall Foundation, General George C. Marshall

• The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC, Michael Kahn, Artistic Director

• John D. and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, John D. MacArthur

• Private Clients: Texas and Illinois, busts of Hamilton, Jefferson, Lincoln, Generals MacArthur and Marshall, Churchill, Eisenhower, John Sevier

• Batesville Library, Batesville, Indiana, life size bas-relief portrait of patrons

Selected Museums

• Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan; Reaching, winner, Hakone Award, Third Rodin Grand Prize

• Museum of the National Academy of Design, New York City, Sheila, bronze portrait bust; Two Babies,

• State Museum, Harrisburg, PA.  K. Leroy Irvis, First African-American Speaker of the House of Representatives; Molly Maguire Memorial Sculpture—over life-size figure

• Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, Vance Henry Trimble, Pulitzer Prize winner, from life

• Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina, Irish Wolfhound and Wolf, and for private collection, Florida

Education 

• University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1983, Master of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Fine Art

• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1973-1976, unprecedented scholarships, Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation

• Honorary Doctorate, Accademicia Internationale, Rome, Italy

Professional Memberships

• Academician, National Academy of Design (1982)

• Elected Fellow, National Sculpture Society (1981)      

• Board of Directors, National Sculpture Society, 1988-1992, 2000-2001

• Editorial Board, Sculpture Review, 1990-1992, 2000, 2001

• Member, The Lotos Club, New York, 1992 – present 

42 Selected Exhibitions

• Southern Alleghenies Museums of the Arts,  Legioner, PA,  June – November, 2013

• Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, with National Sculpture Society, 2013

• Brookgreen Gardens, SC, with National Sculpture Society, 2013

• Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Will We Ever Forget Baseball in Philadelphia?, 1876-2004

• Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan, Third Rodin Grand Prize, by invitation, 1990

• National Sculpture Society Celebrates the Figure, Chairman/Exhibitor, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 1987

• National Academy of Design, NY, Invited Artist, Juried Annuals, 1991, 1993

• National Sculpture Society, NY, Juried Annual Exhibitions 1979 – 2000

• Institute of Contemporary Art, MFA Group Shows, Philadelphia, PA. 1981 - 1983

• National Academy of Design, Juried Annual Exhibitions, NY, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1990

• Juried Annual Exhibition, "The Figure: Revolving Traditions,"

  • Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, 1991

  • Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA

  • Shidoni Gallery, NM, 1982, 1992 -1994

Selected Awards

• National Endowment for the Arts, development grant, sculpture, national competition

• Arts America, United States Information Agency, grant for sculpture, travel, meeting artists in Africa, 1985

• Hakone Award, Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum, Rodin Grand Prize, Japan, 1990

• National Academy of Design Award for Portraiture

• National Sculpture Society, New York

  • Herring Art in Architecture Award, Silver Medal of Honor

  • President’s Prize, Gloria Medal

  • Edwin and Theresa Richards Award for Portraiture